GOMOT (H.). Biography of Francisque Mandet. - Lot 505

GOMOT (H.). Biography of Francisque Mandet. Paris, Quantin, 1887; small in-8. 130pp. Brown half-basane, spine ribbed, gilt title. VERMENOUZE (Arsène). Mon Auvergne. Paris, Plon, s.d. in-12. Red half-basane, smooth spine. DUMANIANT (Antoine Jean). La nuit aux aventures. Comedy in three acts and prose. First performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on February 7, 1787. P., Chez Cailleau, 1787 ; in-8. 70pp. Demi-basane, smooth mute spine. Dumaniant, whose real name was Antoine-Jean Bourlin, was born in Clermont in 1752; he was a famous chansonnier and prolific playwright before becoming an entrepreneur or producer of shows in Paris. [CHAUMETTE (Abbé). Résumé des leçons données sur l'histoire de l'Auvergne pendant les années 1846-7. Clermont, imprimerie Paris-Beaulieu, [1847] ; in-8. Red half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title and fleurons. Autograph letter from the author. A truly unusual autographed publication (the text is written directly on special paper with bold ink and transferred to a lithographic stone). GIRAUDET (Max.). Les auvergnats, découverts et jugés par un parisien. P, Jouvet, 1912; in-12. 242pp. Fawn half-basane, spine ribbed, gilt title.